St. Cloud Rox (MN) (22-12 Overall) vs. Willmar Stingers (MN) (19-17 Overall) Northwoods League Thursday, August 13th -- 7:05 PM CT Bill Taunton Stadium -- Willmar, MN Game #35 (Overall) - Road Game #18 Radio: 1390 AM St. Cloud Internet: 1390GraniteCitySports.com App: 1390 Granite City Sports Broadcaster: Evan Hughes Media Contact: [email protected] UPCOMING GAMES AND PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, August 14th OFF OFF OFF OFF Saturday, August 15th OFF OFF OFF OFF Sunday, August 16th MAN 4:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com Monday, August 17th MAN 7:05 PM St. Cloud TBA vs Mankato TBA 1390 AM St. Cloud/1390GraniteCitySports.com ROX SPLIT SERIES WITH MOONDOGS: Jack Winkler (San Francisco) had the clutch two-out single in the 10th inning and scored Garett Delano 2020 Rox Overview Overall ....................................................... 22-12 (Mercer) as the Rox beat the Stingers 2-1 in the series opener. With the win, St. Home ............................................................15-2 Cloud claimed the season series against Willmar and won the Highway 23 Series Road ..............................................................7-10 Trophy for a second consecutive season. Place MN/IA Pod ............................................. 2 Games Behind ..............................................0.5 PITCHING STAFF CONTINUES TO SHINE: Over the last two games, Last 10 Games .............................................. 8-2 the Rox pitching staff has combined to give up just two runs. Justin Kelly (Utah) Last 5 Games ................................................ 4-1 pitched six innings on Tuesday in Mankato and gave up just one run. Trevor Koe- Home Dates Remaining ........................... ....3 nig (St. Cloud State) hurled two scoreless innings to close the game. Then on Next Home Game.......................................8/16 Wednesday against Willmar, Trent Schoeberl (Minnesota) gave up one run over five innings pitched. Josh Gainer (LIU-Brooklyn) was stellar in relief, throwing three innings. Blake Stelzer (Concordia-St. Paul) then earned his third win of the season, finishing the game. WELCOME, JACK WINKLER: Jack Winkler (San Francisco) made his Rox debut on Tuesday in Mankato, going 1-3 at the plate. He also made two impres- sive plays at second base and helped turn a double play. On Wednesday, in his Rock Pile debut, he had the walk-off single in the 10th inning to beat Willmar. He Rox Upcoming Schedule joins his college teammate Landen Bourassa on the roster. 8/14 OFF OFF 8/15 OFF OFF 8/16 MAN 4:05 8/17 MAN 7:05 8/18 @ROC 6:35 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS REAL: The Rox have been terrific at 8/19 @ROC 6:35 home in 2020. They haven’t lost since July 18th at the Rock Pile and have won 11 8/20 WIL 7:05 consecutive games. The Rox went on a six-game winning streak during its longest homestand of the season last week. St. Cloud is 15-2 at Joe Faber Field, but are just 7-10 when away from home. They return to Joe Faber Field on Sunday, open- ing a two-game home series with the Mankato MoonDogs. ROX VS STINGERS IN 2020: The Rox won their sixth consecutive game against the Stingers on Wednesday and claimed the Highway 23 Series Trophy for a second year in a row. St. Cloud has now won six consecutive games against Willmar. These two teams will play tonight and then next Thursday to close the 2020 season. WILLMAR STARTER LHP GAVIN GORRELL (2-0, 4.00 ERA): Rox Social Media Gorrell, who has been one of the top bullpen options for the Stingers this sea- Twitter: @StCloudRox son, makes his first start of the year. The redshirt-sophomore has struck out 14 Instagram: @StCloudRox batters and issued eight walks. In 6.1 combined innings pitched against the Rox Facebook: @StCloudRox this season, Gorrell has given up just two earned runs. FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS, ETC VISIT: STCLOUDROX.COM TODAY’S ROX PITCHER 2 #42 Luke Albright HT: 6-4 WT: 235 BATS/THROWS: R/R COLLEGE: Kent State COUNTRY: United States RESIDENCE: Fishers, Indiana YEAR: Junior 2020 Northwoods League Season Statistics CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO St. Cloud Rox 1-1 1.27 5 5 0 0 0 21.1 9 5 3 9 26 2020 Northwoods League Game-by-Game Statistics IN A NUTSHELL: DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO RESULT -Albright makes his sixth start of the season and his 7-8 MAN -- 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 W, 7-0 7-16 WAT -- 4.0 3 2 0 2 2 L, 5-4 second against Willmar 7-23 @WIL L 4.0 3 2 2 1 7 L, 6-0 -In his last two starts, he has taken a no-hitter into 7-30 ROC W 5.0 2 1 1 2 6 W, 4-2 8-7 @ROC -- 5.1 0 0 0 2 10 W, 2-0 the fifth inning -In 23.2 innings pitched in 2020, Albright went 2-2 on the mound and finished with a 1.90 ERA -He struck out 22 batters and walked just 8. In his last start of the season, Albright picked up a win at Liberty after pitching 6.2 innings -In 2019, he led the MAC (during conference play) in ERA (.147), opposing batting average (.167), fewest hits allowed (20), fewest runs allowed (6) and fewest earned runs allowed (6) -Before Kent State: Led Fishers High School to a state championship in his senior season. Carried a 2.96 career ERA with 16 wins and 143 innings pitched ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 3 1 Jordan Barth 3B/1B 6-1, 200, Jr. Cold Spring, MN Augustana #42 Luke Albright -Barth returns to the Rox for his second season. In 2019 he was selected to the postseason Northwoods League All-Star team and participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -The 2019 Rox Most Valuable Player appeared in 71 regular season games while leading the team with a .323 batting average. Barth set single season Rox records in hits (99), doubles (25), extra base hits (32), total bases (144), runs scored (54) and games played (71). -In 13 games for Augustana this year, he led the team with a .471 batting average, 24 hits and six doubles during the 2020 season -Before Augustana: The Rocori High School graduate earned All-Conference, All-Area and All-State honors. He was selected for the Minnesota Baseball All-Star Series -Barth is a World Champion in racquetball and is currently ranked No. 43 in the country for men’s singles 44 Sam Ireland DH/1B/RF/RHP 6-3, 195, Fr. Highlands Ranch, CO Minnesota -Ireland appeared in 16 games for the the University of Minnesota in 2020 -He finished with a .303 batting average including four doubles. He scored three runs and had four runs batted in -On the mound, Ireland finished tied for the team-high in saves and struck out ten batters over eight innings pitched -Before Minnesota: Ireland was twice named the Class 5A High School Player of the Year in Colorado. Prep Baseball Report rated him the number three overall player in the state of Colorado during his senior season 12 Cody Kelly C/3B/OF 6-2, 190, HS-Sr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly, a 2020 graduate of St. Michael-Albertville, has committed to the University of Minnesota for the upcoming school year -In 96 career high school games, he had a .466 batting average, 77 runs scored and 111 runs batted in -He was a two-time First Team All-State selection and the top ranked catcher in Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report -His brother Jack also plays for the Rox and Golden Gophers 16 Jack Kelly C/1B/OF 6-1, 180, Jr. St. Michael, MN Minnesota -Kelly returns to the Rox for his second season after appearing in 37 games in 2019. He collected 40 hits including seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. Kelly finished the 2019 Northwoods League season with a .303 batting average, 28 runs scored and 23 runs batted in. Kelly also participated in the Major League Dreams Showcase -He started all 18 games for the University of Minnesota during the 2020 season, scoring nine runs -His brother Cody also plays for the Rox. They will be teammates next season at the University of Minnesota -Before Minnesota: He spent two seasons at Northwestern University before transferring to Minnesota. The St. Michael-Albertville graduate was named all-conference, all- area, all-metro and all-state following his senior year. Kelly was ranked the number 1 catcher in Minnesota and number 29 catcher nationally by Prep Baseball Report 3 Kodie Kolden 2B/SS/3B 6-1, 190, So. Post Falls, ID Washington State -Kolden appeared in 13 games for Washington State this season -He had 11 hits, including a triple. Kolden drew seven walks and had six runs batted in. During his freshman season, he appeared in 42 games making 39 starts -Before Washington State: The Lake City High graduate was a two-time All-Inland Empire First Team selection and was named All-USA Idaho First Team during his senior season. He was rated as the third overall prospect in the state of Idaho by Baseball Northwest 8 Nick Marinconz 2B/SS/3B 5-11, 180, Fr. San Jose, CA Cal Poly -In his first season at Cal Poly, Marinconz appeared in 16 games and hit .215 in 65 at-bats. He also recorded 6 RBIs -As a rising freshman in college, Marinconz played in the Northwoods League last summer for the Eau Claire Express -He hit .284 for the season and helped the Express reach the championship game -Before Cal Poly: A 2019 graduate of Valley Christian High School, Marinconz played baseball in all four years and hit .334 for his career ROX POSITION PLAYER NOTES 4 28 Collin Montez OF 6-2, 210, Jr.